KCAP Financial, Inc. is a business development company specializing in investments in debt securities portfolio, asset manager affiliates, and CLO fund securities. The firm prefers to invest in senior secured term loans, mezzanine debt, and equity securities primarily in privately-held middle market, and buyout companies. It also invests in debt and subordinated securities issued by CLO Fund Securities. The firm also makes investments in CLO Fund Securities managed by asset managers. Its investments under CLO Fund Securities comprises of minority investment in the subordinated securities or preferred stock of CLO Funds raised and managed by firm's Asset Manager Affiliates. The firm also invests in other investments such as loans to larger, publicly-traded companies, high-yield bonds and distressed debt securities. It also invests in first and second lien term loans. The firm also prefers to invest in secured and unsecured subordinated debt. It also makes acquisitions in businesses complementary to the firm's business. It primarily invests in healthcare, cargo transport, manufacturing, real estate, educate, automotive, agriculture, aerospace/defence, packaging, electronics, finance, non-durable consumer, utilities, insurance, and food and beverage sectors. The firm typically invests $1 million to $20 million in its portfolio companies. It provides senior secured term loans from $2 million to $20 million maturing in five to seven years; second lien term loans from $5 million to $15 million maturing in six to eight years; senior unsecured loans $5 million to $23 million maturing in six to eight years; mezzanine loans from $5 million to $15 million maturing in seven to ten years; and equity investments from $1 to $5 million. The firm targets the companies with EBITDA between $7.5 million and $50 million. While investing in debt securities, it invests in those middle market firms with EBITDA between $10 million and $50 million and/or total debt between $25 million and $150 million. It invests in minority, and majority or control equity positions alongside its private equity sponsor partners. The firm invests through its own balance sheet. KCAP Financial, Inc. was founded in August 2006 and is based in New York, New York.

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KCAP Financial (NASDAQ:KCAP) Frequently Asked Questions

What is KCAP Financial's stock symbol?

KCAP Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KCAP."

How often does KCAP Financial pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for KCAP Financial?

KCAP Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 7th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, January 31st. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 4th. View KCAP Financial's Dividend History.

How were KCAP Financial's earnings last quarter?

KCAP Financial Inc (NASDAQ:KCAP) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.08. The financial services provider had revenue of $7.16 million for the quarter. KCAP Financial had a net margin of 13.85% and a return on equity of 5.95%. View KCAP Financial's Earnings History.

When is KCAP Financial's next earnings date?

What price target have analysts set for KCAP?

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for KCAP Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $3.00. On average, they anticipate KCAP Financial's share price to reach $3.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for KCAP Financial.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for KCAP Financial?

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KCAP Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for KCAP Financial.

Has KCAP Financial been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media stories about KCAP stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. KCAP Financial earned a news sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Who are KCAP Financial's major shareholders?

KCAP Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Diversified Trust Co (0.71%).

Which institutional investors are buying KCAP Financial stock?

KCAP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diversified Trust Co.

How do I buy shares of KCAP Financial?

Shares of KCAP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is KCAP Financial's stock price today?

One share of KCAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.56.

How big of a company is KCAP Financial?

KCAP Financial has a market capitalization of $133.03 million and generates $28.26 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $3.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.30 on an earnings per share basis. KCAP Financial employs 26 workers across the globe.

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